maybe you misunderstood me you must beINSURED BY PRIVATE COMPANY
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,
you must have misunderstood my request --these premises were public so there must have been public liability insurance so how much has Wirral council received --because by law you have to have this insurance --so how much did they pay out or have you not claimed yet
Yours faithfully,
pt ogorman
Dear Mr O'Gorman,
Thank you for your reply.
Wirral Council can confirm that no Council buildings were damaged in the explosion, so there is no claim for the Council to submit to our Property Insurers.
I hope this clarifies your query.
Yours sincerely,
Chelsea Dalton
Information Management Officer
Business Management
Treasury Building
Argyle Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 1AH
Tel: 0151 666 5201
[Wirral Borough Council request email]
PLEASE FORWARD ALL FOI RESPONSES TO [Wirral Borough Council request email]
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'maybe you misunderstood me you must be insured BY PRIVATE COMPANY'.
[ GIVE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR COMPLAINT HERE ] the council says no insurance was paid out to them but as landlords, they are supposed to have properties insured
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...
Yours faithfully,
pt ogorman
Good afternoon Mr O'Gorman,
Thank you for your further correspondence.
We have treated this as an internal review as you have expressed dissatisfaction of the handling of your request with the responses received from the Information Management team.
The Council will aim to respond to this within 20 working days from the receipt of your request.
If you then remain dissatisfied you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
Yours sincerely,
Chelsea Dalton
Information Management Officer
Business Management
Treasury Building
Argyle Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 1AH
Tel: 0151 666 5201
[Wirral Borough Council request email]
PLEASE FORWARD ALL FOI RESPONSES TO [Wirral Borough Council request email]
Dear Mr O'Gorman
We write further to your recent correspondence expressing dissatisfaction
with the Council's response to your enquiry regarding New Ferry. I have
reviewed the correspondence exchanged to date and agree that there appears
to be a misunderstanding. In an effort to clarify matters, I have set out
below a summary of your enquiry to date.
Your original question of 27 March asked:
"would you please tell me how much insurance money was paid to council or
other bodies for the damage done to new ferry --after the explosion or how
much is expected"
We responded on 28 March with " Wirral Council can confirm that The
Insurance Fund has not made any payments following the 'New Ferry Blast'
and we have not received any claims."
You replied with "...you must have misunderstood my request --these
premises were public so there must have been public liability insurance so
how much has Wirral council received --because by law you have to have
this insurance --so how much did they pay out or have you not claimed yet"
On 29 March 2019, we confirmed that no Council buildings were damaged in
the explosion so there was no claim to submit to our property insurers.
Your request for internal review was received 2 April stating the
following -
"the council says no insurance was paid out to them but as landlords, they
are supposed to have properties insured"
In response, we can only reiterate that Wirral Council did not own any of
the properties affected by the blast. As such we are not landlords in
respect of any of the properties.
Buildings are insured by the building owners. The Council does not own
any of the buildings and therefore has made no insurance claims nor
received any insurance pay outs. Wirral Council transferred all housing
stock to Magenta Living and Beechwood & Ballantyne Community Housing
Association in February 2005 and has no tenanted properties within the
affected area or at all.
We hope this now clears up any misunderstanding and makes the Council's
position clear. You are entitled to complain to the Information
Commissioner's Office if you so wish and they can be contacted at
[1]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
Yours sincerely,
Lynette Paterson
Principal Information Management Officer
Business Management
Treasury Building
Argyle Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 1AH
Tel: 0151 691 8201
[2][Wirral Borough Council request email]
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Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'maybe you misunderstood me you must beINSURED BY PRIVATE COMPANY'.
also there was a note saying other public buildings were damaged -it is council property so there was insurance
[ GIVE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR COMPLAINT HERE ]
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...
Yours faithfully,
pt ogorman
Dear Mr O'Gorman
We write further to your recent correspondence and to complete your
internal review
Your original correspondence is a follows:
Your original question of 27 March asked:
"would you please tell me how much insurance money was paid
to council or other bodies for the damage done to new ferry --after the
explosion or how much is expected"
We responded on 28 March with " Wirral Council can confirm
that The Insurance Fund has not made any payments following the 'New Ferry
Blast' and we have not received any claims."
You replied with "...you must have misunderstood my request --these
premises were public so there must have been public liability insurance so
how much has Wirral council received --because by law you have to have
this insurance --so how much did they pay out or have you not claimed yet"
On 29 March 2019, we confirmed that no Council buildings
were damaged in the explosion so there was no claim to submit to our
property insurers.
Your request for internal review was received 2 April
stating the following -
"the council says no insurance was paid out to them but as
landlords, they are supposed to have properties insured"
In response, we can only reiterate that Wirral Council did
not own any of the properties affected by the blast. As such we are not
landlords in respect of any of the properties.
Buildings are insured by the building owners. The Council does not own
any of the buildings and therefore has made no insurance claims nor
received any insurance pay outs. Wirral Council transferred all housing
stock to Magenta Living and Beechwood & Ballantyne Community Housing
Association in February 2005 and has no tenanted properties within the
affected area or at all.
We hope this now clears up any misunderstanding and makes the Council's
position clear. You are entitled to complain to the Information
Commissioner's Office if you so wish and they can be contacted at
[1]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/.
On 17th May 2019 you have further asked:
"I am writing to request an internal review of Wirral Metropolitan Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'maybe you misunderstood me you must
beINSURED BY PRIVATE COMPANY'.
also there was a note saying other public buildings were damaged -it is
council property so there was insurance"
Wirral Council can confirm that it did not own any of the properties
affected by the blast and we are not landlords in respect of any of the
properties affected by the 'New Ferry Blast.' Therefore the Council has
no recorded information held or to provide to you in relation to insurance
of the affected properties.
A previously stated, we hope this now clears up any misunderstanding and
makes the Council's position clear. You are entitled to complain to the
Information Commissioner's Office if you remain dissatisfied with this
response please contact the information Commissioner at
[2]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ as Wirral Council has no further
information to provide to you in relation to your request.
Yours sincerely
Tracy O'Hare
Information Management Officer
Business Management
Treasury Building
Argyle Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 1AH
[3]Tel:0151 691 8397
[4][Wirral Borough Council request email]
This information supplied to you is copyrighted and continues to be
protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free
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Andrew Craine left an annotation ()
Whilst Wirral Council may have had no buildings, they do have public property that was damaged and other costs associated with this incident. Why on earth wouldn't they make a claim against the insurance?